JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Kanji 寒: "cold"
The kanji 寒 means "cold". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read カン in on'yomi and さむ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さむ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | cold |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 1456 of 2,501 |
Common words with 寒
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 寒いcold (e.g. weather) · uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak
- 寒気chill; the shivers; shivering fit
- 悪寒chill; shakes; ague
- 肌寒いchilly; unpleasantly cold
- 寒midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
- 寒々しいbleak; chilly; dreary
- 極寒extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
- 寒空wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
- 防寒protection against the cold
- 背筋が寒くなるto feel a chill run down one's spine
- 寒風cold wind
- 薄ら寒いchilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
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